Better Than I Was Yesterday

people love extolling the virtues of ball-and-socket joints and how it makes us more advanced and all that but I don't see any fucking octopuses in slings now do I. Bones are overrated and I want a refund.

how dare you lay this curse upon my home

you don't frighten me

Everyone in the notes saying "this is a 10k post to me" "posts that have 100k energy" "posts that are 30k to me" or whatever - alright, fine! Put the fuckin' work in then! You'd better have this queue'd up every day for the next six months! You'd better have all your friends queue'ing it up too!

You want me to suffer?? You want to treat me like my own goddamn bones do??? MAKE AN EFFORT

whenever i'm trying to talk myself out of buying something i don't need i always hear my old russian professor's voice echoing in my head: "WHAT??? WILL YOU DIE THE RICHEST MAN IN THE GRAVEYARD?" and then i make an unwise financial decision

i'm so glad i happened to see these tags this is the best thing anyone has added to this post so far

My tattoo artist told me his teenage son came out to him as trans by giving him a bunch of blue cupcakes and a greeting card that said "it's a boy!"

"That's cute," I said.

"It was NOT cute!" he snapped. "I thought he was pregnant."

Griffin McElroy just casually dropped the line "our bodies are choirs, and we are the song they are singing" and then just. Went back to playing DnD. As if that's just a thing normal people say between dice rolls.

Ethersea is so underrated.

ignore the smudge

Now is a good time to check if you need to renew your passport or get one for the first time.

Not even as an alarmist thing, but because you want to do it NOW before any requirements change and your get distracted by the world. It's just a good thing to have.

The full passport book is pricey ($130), but the card ($30) has all the same benefits as identification and can be used at land borders.

Just to make it clear, because I've also seen this (good) advice going around on other platforms and being challenged:

The main point of having a Passport in the times to come is NOT to emigrate or have the ID to claim asylum, and I pray we don't need it for that.

The point is that Upcoming Administration wants to deport people. They will almost certainly not have the federal staff for the plans they espoused. The Passport is proof of citizenship in ways that other IDs in the US are not.

Additonally, beyond the travel book - which you should keep in a safe place similar to your Birth certificate when not traveling- you can get a wallet card. Immediate proof, right there.

This may be especially important for POC and Latine people soon.

Be safe, friends.

Right now, the Biden Administration will let you change the gender marker on your passport with no additional documentation required. This includes a gender marker of X, which isn’t even available on the state level in most areas. I’m not trying to sound too ominous, but a Trump Administration will repeal that policy day one— and then do everything in its power to limit all other means of changing gender markers.

Passport applications usually take six to eight weeks, and demand will be high after the election. Trump takes office in eleven weeks.

If you live in the USA and want to change your gender marker, get your paperwork together and submit a passport application now. You may not get another chance for several years.

many of the ppl who are good at something have practiced copiously. practice copiously!!! you do not have to be naturally talented at something to do it well!!!!

Stockpile HRT now.

To my brothers on T I know this is gonna be harder for you so please listen up:

First, if your doctor is open to it, ask for the 2000mg/10ml vial, you'll need to be careful to keep it clean and free of contamination from the stopper, but the expiration dates will typically be a year plus. Please specify the 10ml vial and not a three month supply, the difference is minimal but important.

Next, have it sent to a busy, understaffed CVS (most of them are busy and understaffed). If your insurance doesn't cover CVS use GoodRx, at time of writing it should be about $50. Our system by default makes us mark the 10ml vial as a 28 day supply regardless of the dosage because we cannot guarantee a beyond use date beyond that (as I said, non-zero chance of contamination, use a 90 degree angle and a alcohol pad every time and you'll be fine). Only the most stickler of pharmacists or technicians are going to bother changing it - if they even know the system workaround to bypass it.

Then, come to refill it the next month. If they marked the first fill as 28 day supply (you can see on your label in the lower right near the price) it will process without any red flags in the system and will again will likely slip by all but the most stickler of pharmacists and techs. If they marked it as something longer just explain that your doctor told you to discard the vial after 28 days per USP guidelines and so you were a good boy and already threw it out, this should work against all but the biggest douchebag of a pharmacist. If that fails and your doctor is cooperative, have them call the pharmacy and authorize an early fill - if that doesn't work try another pharmacy.

If all goes well you'll probably be able to fill two to three vials in a row before anyone starts to question things.

I cannot speak for other pharmacies, but in general retail pharmacy is kind of a shit show right now so a busy store in another chain is also probably going to just go by USP even if their instincts or morals tell them to be jerks about it.

If anyone has any questions or if you need advice on a situation I didn't cover please DM me anytime, or hell send me an anon ask if you're shy. If anyone's insurance requires a non-CVS pharmacy and you can't afford the $50 let me know and I can find a tech at another pharmacy to see if they have any advice that would be relevant to their chain.

To my transfemme sisters, you've got it a little easier. Have your doc send your meds with a 12 month supply to a pharmacy you don't typically use, use GoodRx if you have to, none of the usual drugs in a transfemmes HRT regiment should be extremely expensive. Tell them you're going out of the country in a week or two and would like to purchase the entire year's supply at once. A year's supply of 2mg estradiol tabs taken four times daily (the max dose I've ever seen) is $75 on GoodRx at CVS right now. They'll probably need to order more tabs in but again only the biggest stickers are gonna question it. (You can also send to your usual pharmacy if you don't take any other meds, but I recommend not returning for at least a year just to be on the safe side. It's not illegal, but again you could run into some stickler pharmacist who calls your bluff and refuses further fills or tattles to your doctor or something.)

Again, please please please don't hesitate to send me DMs or asks if you have any questions or need specific advice.

if you're waking up like me thinking "where do we even go from here?"

you:

here to also say the concrete list of things to do because I'm one of those people who just. needs physical things to do

get all your vaccines in. all of them. there sure was talk about banning vaccines so yes go get your updated covid, flu, TDAP, and pneumonia vaccines. obviously talk to your doctor. buuuuuuut. also get ALL of your meds refilled and end of December get the max possible amount in case you are prevented in some way

WEAR A MASK. protecting you and your community means wearing a mask. please. we're about to have health regulations gutted. mask wearing is like stop signs and driving sober. it sure works better when it's not just one person obeying traffic laws while everyone else just does whatever they want

especially in the coming weeks, drink water. remember to actually eat and not just waste away. if you're one of the people who will do anything for others but not yourself, remember that you won't have the energy to help if you dont take care of yourself (yes I am using your kind and caring nature against you to make you care for yourself)

its time to remember why cash is king and that is because it is so much harder to track what you're doing if you pay in cash. this includes but is not limited to: medical!!!!! especially since. it sure does make it harder to pin something to you. there is no bank to narc on you when hi you used cash!!!!

just. a few things that sprung to mind on things you can do to take of yourself and others.

I hope none of you disappear in the coming days. Seriously don't do anything that can't be undone.

I know i'm just a random person you follow online but I mean it. People (all kinds of marginalised people too!) Have survived all types of horrible times and managed to find happiness eventually. If for no one else, survive for them. And also, try to survive because the people making you despair don't want you to live. Don't give this to them. Don't give your life. The best thing you can do is cling to it with everything you've got.

❗️Nevada voters - this is going to sound weird, but PICK UP YOUR PHONE if an unknown number calls.

**Lots of signatures on ballots are not matching and your ballot may need to be fixed.

TLDR; yes, signature matching is an antiquated way to verify ballots but it is still being used. Reportedly thousands of ballots here need to be cured. Answer the phone!

If you want to help cure Nevada ballots:

Thank you for this! ^

Okay but for real if you live in Maricopa County and voted by mail PLEASE go check the county recorder's webpage to make sure you didn't get flagged for a signature issue!! Apparently something like 12k are still waiting to be cured and we need every single one of those votes to send Kari Lake back to the fucking shadow realm where she belongs and also REPLACE Kyrsten Sinema with someone who's not going to do a stupid little curtsy while they tank progressive policies in the Senate!!

THERE IS STILL TIME PLS CHECK IF YOU LIVE THERE!!! Also maybe check even if you don't live there, I made sure mine got counted in Pima, we can make Blue Arizona happen!!! Check your ballots!!!!

IF YOU LIVE IN NEVADA CHECK YOUR BALLOTS AND ALSO ANSWER YOUR PHONE THEY MIGHT CALL YOU TO TRY TO FIX A REJECTED BALLOT!!!!

From the October 31, 2024 article:

Reminder so it’s absolutely 100% clear: you can lie about who you voted for

Your dad threaten to kick you out if you don’t vote the way he wants you to, and you don’t vote that way? Lie.

Your boss asks who you voted for? Lie. If you can ask if they think that’s appropriate to ask.

Your partner? Lie. Your vote is genuinely yours.

Hell, lie here. You don’t need to tell anyone who you voted for, and you don’t need to be honest about it.

Just bc it isn’t spelled out in the post: if someone forces you to vote a certain way that’s a violation of your voting rights, called voter intimidation, which is VERY illegal.

If you have experienced or saw someone experience voter intimidation please report it to:

And if someone who is controlling you asks? Lie. Protect yourself and your right to vote.

ACLU PDF on Voter Intimidation and what to do.

Campaign Legal Center article on Voter Intimidation and what to do.

🇺🇸if you are planning on voting in person, and you sometimes use a mobility aid, BRING IT WITH YOU. the lines are historically long. if you do not have a mobility aid, consider bringing something like a folding stool.🇺🇸

call your voting location, they may also have a wheelchair you can borrow depending on where you will be voting.